I am looking for ideas on what products should be produced locally. Not things that your area can do sn awesome job at and export. Rather things that should be locally produced near everyone.
Feel free to define “locally” as you wish. I am thinking with 5 miles, but with 200 is also good.
Please include your reasoning. Everything from shipping costs, to ownership “punch-ability” are great.
I will kick things off in the comments.
Baby formula.
If every community makes some, nation wide shortages may be less likely.
If the ownership are local, then irrate parents can punch them. This will avoid issues with quality.
If all producers are small, regulators can shut down bad actors. Currently, the big players get warnings (in some countries.)